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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1936

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Boy Charged But Most Of Money Still Missing Difficult Task for Police

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 12 March 1936 · page 2

A boy 13 years of age, was arrested and charged on Tuesday in connection with the theft of money from the till at Mr. Cecil Williamson’s…

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Police Court. (Before Local Justices) Tuesday, March 10th Wilful Trespass

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 12 March 1936 · page 2

Peter Denton (19) Harry Davies (20) John Denych, (20) and Leonard Zeal (19) were charged that on the 9th March, at Harden they did…

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Murder Charge Mascot Shooting

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 March 1936 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: At the Central Court to-day Norman Stanley Gordon Smith, 25, a labourer, was charged with having wounded Joe…

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Woman’s Ordeal In Lonely Cabin Four Days’ Siege by Man Wanted for Murder

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 12 March 1936 · page 6

After spending four terrifying days in a lonely cabin amid the frozen wastes of the Saskatchewan border, where she was besieged with her…

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Boy's Death Court At Hospital

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 13 March 1936 · page 7

The adjourned inquiry into the death of Bruce Redman, aged 9, who was involved in an accident when he was thrown…

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Registration Cancelled Court's Decision in Steel Works Case Fourteen Days' Grace

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 13 March 1936 · page 6

SYDNEY, Friday: The industrial court to-day de-registered the Federated Ironworkers of Australia as a result of…

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"Third Degree" Defence Fails. Sensational Rug Case Papers To Be Forwarded To Minuter For Justice Magistrate Convicts Dependants "Too Serious to Be Allowed to Best"

The Burrowa News · Friday 13 March 1936 · page 3

Rejecting the "third degree" defence raised by two youths, Cecil Thomas Costello and William Ricketts, in Yonng Court…

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Doctor Charged

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 16 March 1936 · page 4

SYDNEY:—At the paddington Police Court Dr. John Rex Goodsell, 39, was charged With having assaulted Constable Wickham in the…

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Drinking Spirits Gaol For Two Men

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 16 March 1936 · page 3

Sentences of six months and one month, respectively, were, imposed on Alfred Thomson, 46, and. Francis Austin Reardon, 46, when…

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Coronial Inquest Chief Police Prosecutor Appearing

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 16 March 1936 · page 2

The District Coroner, Mr. A. J. Poignand, will hold an inquest at the Court House, at 10 o’clock to-morrow morning, concerning the deaths of…

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Did Not Stop Police Seek Motorist

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 16 March 1936 · page 3

Following. Information: that a car driver failed to stop after an accident, on the Taralga Road on Saturday, Gdulburn police, who…

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Tennis Court At Goulburn Reformatory Opened Yesterday

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 March 1936 · page 1

The civic head of Goulburn, Mayor T. P. Manion, met the head of the Goulburn Reformatory, Governor G. F. Smith, in an…

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Sheep Stealing Grazier's Big Loss

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 18 March 1936 · page 5

Sheep stealing is rife in various parts of the Goulburn district, Mr. J. W. Heffernan, of Gurrundah, having reported the loss of…

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"French Bayonet" Exhibit in Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 18 March 1936 · page 5

That a sheath knife in his possession had been brought back from the war by his father, being a French bayonet cut down,…

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To-day's Court Pistol Owner's Liability

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 18 March 1936 · page 2

It may not be generally known that the owner of a licensed pistol is expected to exercise special care to see that the weapon is…

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Burglary

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 March 1936 · page 8

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Captain Wolseley Curtis Thompson and Mrs. Thompson, of Clifton Gardens, had their home entered by thieves last…

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Sheep Stealing

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 March 1936 · page 4

Mr. J. W. Heffernan. of Gurrundah, points out that the 100 merino sheep stolen from his property were branded J over — on rump, and not…

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Stealing Bicycles Two Youths Arrested

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 19 March 1936 · page 3

At the Murrumburrah Court House (before the Children's Court) two youths were charged with stealing bicycles from Cootamundra on the…

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Convicted Assault on Girl Capital Sentence

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 March 1936 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Six of the seven youths concerned in a criminal assau[?]t upon an Italian girl in Parramatta Park on January…

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Country Police Stations

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 19 March 1936 · page 1

In the Assembly the following questions were asked:-- Mr. SINCLAIR: Is the Colonial, Secretary aware that,…

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